OWENS EXPRESS
15-TIME OCCAC CHAMPIONS
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
23 NJCAA All-Americans --- 10 NJCAA National Tournament Appearances --- 2016 NJCAA Final 4
TODAY’S MATCHUP
NOTES
- Welcome to tonight’s home match between the No. 2 Owens Express (12-0, 2-0 OCCAC) and the visiting Cuyahoga Challengers (3-9, 1-2 OCCAC). BCSN is in VS the SHAC tonight broadcasting tonight’s match. For more info, visit www.BCSN.tv - Owens enters tonight’s match having won all 36 sets played this year, which is a program record for most consecutive sets won. The 12 consecutive straight set victories is also a program record. - Head coach Sonny Lewis, in his 17th year at Owens, enters tonight needing three wins to reach 600 in his time with the Express. He sits at 597-189 overall (.760) and 180-14 (.928) in conference play. Furthermore, he has nine seasons with a perfect conference record. - Lewis is 36-0 all-time against Cuyahoga dating back to 2001. He is 17-0 at home and 3-0 in postseason play Head Coach: Head Coach: against the Challengers. In fact, of those 36 matches, his Sonny Lewis (17th Yr.) Mary Colovas (9th Year) teams have only lost one set - on Oct. 15, 2014 when the Express dropped the third set 25-23 on the road. - Owens is 46-4 all-time against Cuyahoga. Career Record: Career Record: - Yesterday, Owens moved up to No. 2 in the latest 597-189 (.760) unknown NJCAA Division II poll. They spent the previous two weeks at No. 3, and this is the 10th straight poll in which Career OCCAC Record: Career OCCAC Record: Owens has been ranked in the top five - the past eight have been in the top three. They’ve also spent 21 straight 180-14 (.928) 11-94 (.105) weeks ranked in the top 10 - dating back to the Aug. 19, 2015 poll. Against currently ranked teams, Owens has swept No. 9 Kirkwood, No. 12 Waubonsee and No. 20 Des Moines Area. Kills: Heitkamp, 98 Kills: Leighliter, 124 - Sophomores Niki Polce (Aug. 27) and Devon Heitkamp Hitting %: Hermiller, .440 Hitting %: Leighliter, .198 (Sept. 3) have earned OCCAC Division II Player of the Digs: Polce, 132 Digs: Paraon, 195 Week recognition this season. Aces: Polce, 18 Aces: Ciolek/Moga, 23 - Next up for Owens is a road match against NJCAA Assists: Gray, 223 Assists: Ciolek, 163 D-III No. 5 Columbus State on Friday. The team then Solo Blocks: Alt, 5 Solo Blocks: 3-way tie, 8 stays on the road to face Hocking College and Kent State Block Assists: Heitkamp, 31 Block Assists: Moga, 17 Tuscarawas on Saturday. - For all things related to Owens Express Athletics, visit OwensExpress.com. You can also follow the volleyball team on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Our Twitter handle is @owensexpress and you can find the other sites by searching Owens Express Athletics on each platform. - Tonight’s match is also being streamed live, and it will be archived. To view a list of archived broadcasts and uploaded matches, visit OwensExpress.com, select volleyball from the sport dropdown and then click on schedule/results. The links should appear next to each match. In addition to those video links, you can also find links to photo album, stats and match recaps.
#2 OWENS
VS
CUYAHOGA
THE BASICS
STATISTICAL LEADERS
2017 Cuyahoga CC Challengers Volleyball Roster No. Name 1 Kaye Paraon 3 Payton Ciolek 4 Sarah Leighliter 5 Tionne El-Amin 6 Lilly Hoffman 7 Solana Primes 9 Diemond Harris 10 Ariel Gaines 12 Valerie McFarland 14 Taylor Moga
Ht. Yr. Ht. High School/Hometown 5-0 Fr. DS Garfield Heights/Garfield Heights, OH 5-7 So. S Cuyahoga Heights/Cuyahoga Heights, OH 5-10 Fr. OH Lorain/Lorain, OH 5-6 Fr. DS Buchtel/Akron, OH 5-6 Fr. S/OH Crestwood/Streetsboro, OH 5-11 Fr. MH Mayfield/Mayfield Heights, OH 5-10 Fr. RS/MH Cleveland Heights/Cleveland Heights, OH 6-1 Fr. MH/RS Hudson/Hudson, OH 5-7 So. RS/DS Brunswick/Brunswick, OH 5-11 So. MH/RS Valley Forge/Parma, OH
HEAD COACH: Mary Colovas (9th Year) ASSISTANT COACH: Alicia Wood
2017 RECORD IN DEPTH
OVERALL RECORD: 12-0 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
2-0 7-0 6-0 2-0 4-0
2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE
8/25 8/25 8/26 8/26 8/30 9/1 9/1 9/2 9/2 9/3 9/3 9/6 9/13 9/15 9/16 9/16 9/20 9/23 9/23 9/24 9/24 9/29 9/30 10/4 10/6 10/6 10/7 10/7 10/11 10/14 10/18 10/20 10/21 10/25 10/28 11/3-4 11-16 11/17 11/18
OPPONENT
Kirkwood $ Des Moines Area $ North Iowa Area $ Kansas City Kansas $ @ Lorain County # KVCC % JACKSON % WAUBONSEE % ST. CLAIR COUNTY % MUSKEGON % SCHOOLCRAFT % @ Lakeland # CUYAHOGA # @ Columbus State # @ Hocking # Kent State - Tuscarawas = @ Edison # Des Moines Area * Lincoln Land * TBA * Parkland * CLARK STATE # EDISON # ! LORAIN COUNTY #
W/L
W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 6 PM 6 PM 11 AM 1 PM 6 PM 10 AM 2 PM TBA 10 AM 6 PM 11 AM 6 PM Wallace State - Hanceville ^ 12 PM Cape Fear ^ 3 PM Catawba Valley ^ 10:30 AM Pasco-Hernando ^ 1:30 PM LAKELAND # 6 PM @ Sinclair # 1 PM @ Cuyahoga # 6 PM COLUMBUS STATE # 6 PM HOCKING # 11 AM @ Clark State # 6 PM SINCLAIR # 2 PM DISTRICT TOURNAMENT ) TBA D-II National Tournament + TBA D-II National Tournament + TBA D-II National Tournament + TBA
# CONFERENCE MATCHES ALL CAPS - HOME MATCHES $ Wisconsin Dells Invitational % Owens Invitational ! Hall of Fame Weekend = at Hocking College ^ Catawba Valley Invitational + in Charleston, W.V. * Parkland Invitational ) in Port Huron, MI